Scoop-board



W. J. COMES. SCOOP BOARD.

I APPLICATION HL EU JAN. H), 1920. 1 ,357,955; Patented Nov. 9, 1920;

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A TTURNEYS WITNESSES UNITED STATES- WILLIAM JAMES GOMBS, OF OTTERBEIN, INDIANA.

SCOOP-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 9.1920.

Application filed January 10, 1920. Serial No. 350,655.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM JAMES COMES, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Otterbein, in the county of Benton and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Scoop-Boards, of which the following is a specification. A

My invention is an improvement in scoop boards, and has for its object to provide a board of the character specified especially adapted for use with wagons for hauling grain, coal and granular material, wherein the board provides an end gate under normal conditions, but may be lowered into inclined or approximately horizontal position to serve as a scoop board, and wherein the pressure upon the board or gate may be first relieved before the board or gate is opened to permit its use as a scoop board.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of a wagon provided with the improved board;

Fig. 2 is a rear View of the board;

Fig. 3 is a side view showing the relieving door closed;

Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the door open;

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2; r

Fig. 6 is a detail of the latch for holding the relieving door closed; 1.

Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a detail of the supporting bracket head and the guide for the brace;

Fig. 9 is a section on the line 9-9 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 10 is an enlarged detail of a portion of the holding block for the brace rods.

The present embodiment of the invention is shown in connection with the body 1 of a wagon of usual construction, and the improved board, which is channel shaped, is supported at its lower end by a bar 2 which is connected to one of the cross braces 3 of the wagon by means of bolts and nuts 4. The improved board comprises a bottom portion or body 5 and sidewalls 6, and the side walls are rigidly connected to the body and spaced but far enough from each other so that they will engage outside of the sides of the wagon body, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. At their lower ends the side walls 6 are notched, as

indicated at 10 to receive the cross bar 2, and to provide portions engaging behind the cross bar to hold the board at its lower end in position against the wagon body.

Hinged brace or supporting arms are provided for supporting the board in open or closed position. Each of these armsconsists of portions 7 and 8, pivotally connected at their meeting ends, and the section 7 is connected to the bed slidably and yieldably, while the section ,8 is connected to the board slidably.

A block 9 is secured to the outer face of each side of the bed and the portion 7 at that side has a rounded portion slidable through the block, the rounded portion being limited. in its sliding movement away from the bed by a nut 11 which is threaded on to the rod on the inner side of the block. The section 8 of each brace is slidable through a slot in that end of a guard plate 13 which is secured to the adjacent side of the body of the scoop board. These guard plates are extended beyond the side walls of l the scoop board, as shown, so that the slots are beyond the boards, and each section .8 of the brace has ahead at its free end which is adapted to prevent its passage through the slots. The central portion of the scoop board is separate from the board to pro vide a relieving door 15, and this door has a long bearing 16 at its upper end which engages a rod 17 held in bearings 18 on the scoop board at opposite sides thereof.

This rod, which is like the usual rod, having atone end an eye and at the other a handled nut 18, is passed through the alining bearings, and it will be obvious that by turning the nut to the proper degree'the door may be held from movement. The lower end of the door swings outwardly, and this end may be held closed by means of latch bars 19. Each of these bars is pivoted to the scoop board, as indicated at 20, and each bar is adapted to engage a keeper 21 on the scoop board, at the inner side of its pivotal connection. Each bar is also provided with a finger piece 22 for convenience in manipulating the same, and an angle plate 23'is secured transversely of the door near its lower end, the horizontal portion of the angle plate being just below the latch bars when they'are in engaged position.

An angle plate 24: is secured transversely of the board at its lower end, the vertical portion of the plate'being flush at its upper edge with the bottom of the bed, and the lower end of the door closesaga'inst thisvertical portion, the horizontal just below the door.

In operation in the usual construction, when the wagon isloaded with .grain, for instance, if the scoop board is open the grain will how out at the sides between the board and the bed. In the present construction, before the. scoop board is opened, the auxiliary door 15 is opened by swinging up the portlon be ng latch bars 19. The pressure 01 the grain orbody sides. 'A washer 25is arranged between the latch bar and the scoop board. Referring to Fig. 10, it will be seen that the nut 11 which is arranged 011 the rod 10 is locked by a cotter pin 26.

It will be evident that when the board is closed against the end of the wagon the joints between the sections 7 and 8 of the braces are just outside of the'plates 13. The ends of the bar 2 have vertical notches or recesses in their inner sides with which the lower depending ends of the sections 8 are engaged, these sections being of such length that the heads will extend below the ends of the cross bar 2. This cross bar has wardly, the sections 7-8 of thebrace slid ing through the plate. To remove the board it is only necessary to detach the bolts 4 and to remove the blocks 9 or to release the nut 11 which holds the section 7 in place.

It will be noticed, referring to Fig. 1',

that a stop 30 is arranged on eachelement 8, for limiting the downward swinging movement of the scoop board.

I claim:

ln combination with a wagon bed, a scoop board for closing the rear thereof, said board having side flanges adapted to fit about the sides of the body, andhaving at its bottom a cross bar to which the board is hinged, said cross bar having means for connecting the same to the bed, supporting arms for the scoop board, each of the said arms being jointed and consisting of sections pivotally connected, a block through which one section is slidable, having means for detachably connecting the same to the side of the bed, the board having a keeper through which the said arm is slidable and said first named section being of such length that when the other section is foldeddown alongside the bed, said folded section will furnish a lock for preventing the opening of the board, means at the bottom of the board for engaging the said last named section to prevent outward swinging of the same, and the first named section being yieldingly connected with the block.

' WILLIAM JAMES COMES, 

